Bela Lugosi

Place of Birth: Lugos, the Austria-Hungarian Empire (now Lugoj, Romania)

Date of Death: August 16, 1956

Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Ethnicity: Hungarian, possibly Serbian

Bela Lugosi was a Hungarian and American actor. Bela was born in Lugos, the Austria-Hungarian Empire (now Lugoj, Romania), and moved to the U.S. in 1920, later becoming an American citizen. He was the son of Paula (de Vojnich) and István Blaskó. He was raised Catholic.

He was married to Hope Lininger, until his death. He had a son, attorney Bela G. Lugosi, with his former wife, Lillian Arch.